Dongwangfu, Pingjin City.

Since Huang Yuanwu led the troops to the expedition, more than half a month has passed, and the entire Dongwang Mansion is peaceful.

There was no bad news from the front, Huang Yuanwu had already led the troops into the imperial capital at this moment, and he was afraid that he was already near the imperial capital.

Yu Sheng and Xiao Yibo have been very busy recently, and the repair of the city wall near Pingjin City has been going on, but the speed is not fast, and it is not an overnight thing to build a city wall of such a grand scale.

The stones used to build the city walls were all taken from the mountains near Pingjin City, and at the edge of the Great Gobi, there was a continuous mountain range, which was not towering, but it could produce the needed stones. A large number of civilians and sergeants were responsible for mining and transportation, and the rest of their lives were responsible for the construction of the entire city wall. This process is very boring and long, and it also consumes the savings of Dongwangfu all the time.

But for what may happen in the future, the construction of this wall is absolutely necessary.

In the distance of Pingjin City, a winding city wall has begun to take shape, like a giant python hovering over the Gobi, and the majesty of this city wall can be seen only from the prototype.

Not far from the city wall is the military camp. Xiao Yibo has recently recruited tens of thousands of recruits again and is training day and night.

These sergeants are the last batch of young and middle-aged sergeants who can be recruited in the Dongwang Mansion. Although Dongwangfu has a large population and millions of Li citizens, the total number of troops close to 600,000, coupled with the recent construction of large buildings, has also reached its limit.

The major powers in the vicinity of the Eastern Mansion had already been wiped out during the previous expansion, leaving only a small number of tribes in the south, and the population that could be obtained by conquering them would not be large, and it would be a long process.

Fortunately, Liu Yuan has been frequently reported recently, the northern border has basically been cleared, and all the ethnic groups have been conquered by the Eastern Palace, according to the deployment of Huang Yuanwu, Liu Yuan asked them to move into the Eastern Wangfu with all the tribes, and now there are a large number of northern ethnic groups entering the palace, under the arrangement of Huang Yongning, enter various cities, start a new life, and find a way to integrate into it.

Although things have been going in a good direction recently, Huang Yongning still feels a little uneasy. Recently, the palace has moved frequently, attacking from all sides, and has almost reached the limit that the palace can bear, if it continues to develop like this, the palace's savings will be exhausted, and in the end it will only increase taxes, which will enter a vicious circle, which will eventually lead to irreparable results.

Huang Yongning has always been worried about this matter, if there was no enclave, the current situation would be much better. At the beginning of the enclave's operation, Dongwangfu dispatched a large number of troops, and had occupied almost all the cities in the enclave, but in the end, because of the failure of Tianqing City, all the investment was in vain, and many soldiers were buried in their homes. If there were no such losses, there would not be the current predicament.

In this regard, Huang Yongning has no way now, although this year's harvest, the people and the army's grain and grass do not have to worry, but so frequent attacks everywhere, the palace treasury is almost empty, Huang Yongning thought, when Huang Yuanwu completes the affairs of the imperial capital, he will say that the development of the southern border will be slowed down, so that the palace has a chance to breathe.

Of course, the predicament faced by Huang Yongning, he did not tell anyone. After all, everything is going on now, and Huang Yuanwu is no longer in the mansion, and now he can only grit his teeth until the day when Huang Yuanwu is in charge.

In autumn, the night is cool.

It's approaching winter, and every evening makes people feel a little cool.

Qi Zhengye added a set of clothes to himself, and Liu Xing'an on the side was sitting cross-legged on the couch, the clothes on his body were still thin, but he couldn't see the slightest coldness.

Looked

Looking at the sky outside, it was already late, and there was silence in the City Lord's Mansion, and no sound could be heard.

He is used to such an environment. Such a secluded place is very suitable for cultivation and the recovery of patients.

He glanced down at Huang Yuchen, who was in a coma, was still the same, and there was no change. His complexion was ruddy, and his breathing was steady, as if he was asleep.

Qi Zhengye sighed softly, he didn't know why Huang Yuchen became like this, with his and Liu Xing'an's knowledge, he couldn't answer it at all.

Everything was normal, Qi Zhengye crossed his knees, sat on the futon in front of Huang Yuchen's couch, and began to close his eyes and meditate, running the exercises.

The two of them have become accustomed to all this, and today, it seems that it is no different from the past.

In the courtyard, it was pitch black, and heavy dark clouds blocked the light of the moon, and everything around it was plunged into darkness.

A light figure flashed into the city lord's mansion, he moved extremely fast, and in a few steps, he had already entered the backyard, inspecting each house one by one.

The city lord's mansion in Pingjin City has no subordinates, which also has a lot to do with the two chief officials who live here. Xiao Yibo and the rest of his life are not people who like to be served by others, and most of them do things themselves, so there are only some scary people who clean up in the city lord's mansion, most of them live in the front yard and the backyard, and only Xiao Yibo, Yu Sheng and Huang Yuchen and other five people live.

At this moment, Xiao Yibo is still in the boot camp, and he is also doing some finishing work for the rest of his life. There are patrolling sergeants near the City Lord's Mansion, and there are also several secret posts in the Mansion, and they will come back every day to rest, and the safety of the City Lord's Mansion should be guaranteed.

But this light figure, but deftly avoided all the dark sentinels, he moved extremely fast, without making the slightest sound, only checking the surrounding houses without entering, and did not arouse anyone's alarm.

Until, he came to the outside of the house where Huang Yuchen was, stood outside the house for a moment, his steps were light, and he gently pushed the door, as if he wanted to determine something.

At this moment, Qi Zhengye and Liu Xingping, who were in the house, opened their eyes at the same time, and they both sensed that someone had broken in, but they did not act.

The room was pitch black, and he couldn't see his fingers, but the figure moved quickly, without touching anything or making any sound, and in the blink of an eye, he had already reached Huang Yuchen's approach, and looked down closely, as if to confirm something.

And at this moment, Qi Zhengye, who had been sitting beside Huang Yuchen, suddenly punched out and came straight to the door of this person.

"Hoo ......"

With the sound of a strong wind, Qi Zhengye's sudden punch actually hit the air; the figure did not fight back at all, one dodged, went straight out of the door, and went up to the roof in a few steps, quickly disappearing into the vast night.

Qi Zhengye and Liu Xing'an chased after him as fast as they could, jumped onto the roof, and there was still that person.

The two glanced at each other, and in each other's eyes, they saw a trace of solemnity.

The actions of the two alarmed the dark sentinels in the mansion, and several figures appeared on the roof, but when they saw that it was Qi and Liu, they relieved their hearts, and after asking, they learned that the Fang Cai City Lord's Mansion had actually been invaded, and they had so many secret sentinels, but they didn't notice it at all, and it wasn't until the person entered Huang Yuchen's body that they were discovered by the two.

Qi and Liu didn't say anything, they went back directly, closed the door, and guarded Huang Yuchen's side again. And this news was notified to Xiao Yibo and Yu Sheng as soon as possible, and the two rushed back as quickly as possible.

"What's going on?" When Xiao Yibo asked this sentence, the candle in the room had been lit, illuminating the whole place

space, Xiao Yibo looked anxious at the moment, and the rest of his life behind him frowned.

Liu Xingan shook his head lightly and said, "I don't know who it is, his body is weird and light, I didn't feel it until he entered the house." ”

The man seemed to be sure of something, and looked at Yuchen's face closely. Qi Zhengye on the side added.

"Do you know this method?" Xiao Yibo continued to ask.

And what he got was that the two of them shook their heads in unison, Liu Xing'an's tone was a little solemn, and he replied softly: "In the sect world, there are also several sets of very strange body methods, but most of us have seen them, but we have never seen anyone who can do this." There are many secret sentinels in the house, and there are two of us guarding the house, but this person can avoid all eyes and ears, and finally find here, his body has reached an extremely high level. ”

"I suddenly made a sneak attack, and he easily dodged it, if this person came to assassinate Yuchen, I am afraid that it would be impossible to prevent it. Qi Zhengye on the side also added softly that he was the closest to this person at that time, and how fast he used to attack at that time, he knew best that this person could easily dodge inadvertently, but it was a little terrifying to think about.

Xiao Yibo's brows furrowed, he glanced back at Yu Sheng, Yu Sheng was thoughtful at the moment, paused, and said softly: "If according to what you said, a person with such a body method, I should have seen it before." ”

"Have you met?" Xiao Yibo immediately asked.

"Four months ago, Dongxuancheng. Yu Sheng replied: "When someone entered the Dongxuancheng City Lord's Mansion and attacked the little prince of Yuanwu, the few people who appeared at that time also used a very strange body method. It is precisely because of this that the little prince then ordered Uncle Xiao to clean up the details of the entire mansion. ”

Xiao Yibo heard this, but did not speak, but his brows furrowed deeper. He is the person responsible for cleaning up the entire Dongwang Mansion, and he knows this matter relatively clearly, but when the sneak attack occurred, Xiao Yibo was not at the scene, and he had not seen this strange way of doing it with his own eyes.

"What appeared with them was the formation talisman of the thunder attribute. Yu Sheng then said: "This matter was finally confirmed, and it is related to the sect realm. It's just that this kind of thing hasn't happened again, and things in the palace have become complicated, so I didn't take it to heart. ”

"Here they are again, what are they trying to do?"

"I'm afraid it's ......" Yu Sheng also frowned, and said softly: "Yanghui's side, there is something wrong, the person who spied on Yuchen's life experience knew that the people in the south were fake, so he finally came to Pingjin City to investigate." ”

"Damn, got it on Lao Tzu's head?" Xiao stared, angry from his heart, and said: "I don't care how you dealt with this matter before, now this thing is happening in front of my eyes, if you don't find it clear, it will definitely not work!"

After speaking, Xiao Yibo glanced at Huang Yuchen, who was still in a coma, turned his head and went out, and when he left, he grabbed Yu Sheng and dragged him out together.

Qi Zhengye and Liu Xing'an were already surprised by Xiao Yibo's hot temper, the two looked at each other, but they didn't speak, Liu Xing'an took a futon and put it next to Qi Zhengye, and the two of them sat cross-legged on the side of Huang Yuchen's couch and slowly settled down.

Yu Sheng was pulled down by Xiao Yibo to another house, and after entering the door, Xiao Yibo immediately asked with a face: "You say, which sect is behind this?"

Yu Sheng hesitated for a moment, thinking about whether to tell this hot-tempered old man, looking at Xiao Yibo's frowning brows and the flames in his eyes, Yu Sheng couldn't help but shudder, and said softly: "Red Rainbow Sect, Duanmu Huai." ”

After Xiao Yibo heard this name, his expression suddenly froze.